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@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Frankly, I don't know how Ford still has any factories in the US at all.
It's amazing... and very few. They rely heavily on shipping costs and tariffs to artificially keep some of the jobs making sense here.
And what the unions also leave out is that everyone in the country pays more for cars because of it. There is a reason that I can buy the same cars in Europe for a fraction of the price.
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@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
The sad thing is, all those union workers see is what they think is a higher pay, more benefits, when in reality, they killing the company.
They gamble that making a few extra bucks today will be better than their kids having jobs tomorrow.
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@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@thwr said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller Well, at least here, that's what people are interessted in. And it isn't about just a few, it's about whole industries with millions of employees:
- 5 day work week (1959)
- Paid vacation time consessions (1962)
- 40 hr work week (1965–67)
- Paid sick leave (1970)
- 35 hr work week (attempts not yet successful 1984)
- 34 hr work week in metal industry (1995)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG_Metall
Green chart here is salary increase since 1993: http://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/vergleich/entwicklung1/
And that's all what a lot of people care about.
Edit: This doesn't reflect my personal opinion!
How many of those things exist without the union or how different are they?
In the US, at least, the effects of a union doing something good for workers is that the jobs vanish and the workers have to go elsewhere to get any work. When they do bad things for workers they gain control over whole regions and leave people without employment options and no means of earning additional money.
I've lived in Flint, MI... a city totally destroyed by the unions that did "good" things for the workers... until all of the workers were fired and the company left.
The sad thing is, all those union workers see is what they think is a higher pay, more benefits, when in reality, they killing the company.
Frankly, I don't know how Ford still has any factories in the US at all.
Most of the big 3 don't have any supply side things running in the states anymore, the little they do have is all just putting parts together (it's cheaper to ship them in pieces than complete vehicles.) What little is still around are all 3rd party suppliers.
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@travisdh1 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@thwr said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller Well, at least here, that's what people are interessted in. And it isn't about just a few, it's about whole industries with millions of employees:
- 5 day work week (1959)
- Paid vacation time consessions (1962)
- 40 hr work week (1965–67)
- Paid sick leave (1970)
- 35 hr work week (attempts not yet successful 1984)
- 34 hr work week in metal industry (1995)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG_Metall
Green chart here is salary increase since 1993: http://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/vergleich/entwicklung1/
And that's all what a lot of people care about.
Edit: This doesn't reflect my personal opinion!
How many of those things exist without the union or how different are they?
In the US, at least, the effects of a union doing something good for workers is that the jobs vanish and the workers have to go elsewhere to get any work. When they do bad things for workers they gain control over whole regions and leave people without employment options and no means of earning additional money.
I've lived in Flint, MI... a city totally destroyed by the unions that did "good" things for the workers... until all of the workers were fired and the company left.
The sad thing is, all those union workers see is what they think is a higher pay, more benefits, when in reality, they killing the company.
Frankly, I don't know how Ford still has any factories in the US at all.
Most of the big 3 don't have any supply side things running in the states anymore, the little they do have is all just putting parts together (it's cheaper to ship them in pieces than complete vehicles.) What little is still around are all 3rd party suppliers.
The big two... the third of the big three is Italian now, not American. The US only has two large car makers plus Tesla.
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@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@travisdh1 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@thwr said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller Well, at least here, that's what people are interessted in. And it isn't about just a few, it's about whole industries with millions of employees:
- 5 day work week (1959)
- Paid vacation time consessions (1962)
- 40 hr work week (1965–67)
- Paid sick leave (1970)
- 35 hr work week (attempts not yet successful 1984)
- 34 hr work week in metal industry (1995)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG_Metall
Green chart here is salary increase since 1993: http://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/vergleich/entwicklung1/
And that's all what a lot of people care about.
Edit: This doesn't reflect my personal opinion!
How many of those things exist without the union or how different are they?
In the US, at least, the effects of a union doing something good for workers is that the jobs vanish and the workers have to go elsewhere to get any work. When they do bad things for workers they gain control over whole regions and leave people without employment options and no means of earning additional money.
I've lived in Flint, MI... a city totally destroyed by the unions that did "good" things for the workers... until all of the workers were fired and the company left.
The sad thing is, all those union workers see is what they think is a higher pay, more benefits, when in reality, they killing the company.
Frankly, I don't know how Ford still has any factories in the US at all.
Most of the big 3 don't have any supply side things running in the states anymore, the little they do have is all just putting parts together (it's cheaper to ship them in pieces than complete vehicles.) What little is still around are all 3rd party suppliers.
The big two... the third of the big three is Italian now, not American. The US only has two large car makers plus Tesla.
Apparently I buried that memory very deep.
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Does Tesla count as a big car manufacturer?
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@DustinB3403 They will be soon. If they can figure out their supply issues.
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why's my "unread" icon not showing red with a number? Notifications are?
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@hobbit666 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
why's my "unread" icon not showing red with a number? Notifications are?
I was just going to post that.
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I just noticed that too!
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Mine doesn't show that.
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@hobbit666 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
why's my "unread" icon not showing red with a number? Notifications are?
Same issue here.
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Just checked Windows 10 feedback app, and latest post +MS reply!
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@Ambarishrh said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Just checked Windows 10 feedback app, and latest post +MS reply!
Change: The only thing more universally hated by old people than a lack of handicap spots.
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A bunch of people are being super shitty to me because it's my last week and they know they won't have to interact with me. It's sad because I treat people very well and bend over backwards for everyone but no one appreciates it here. It's sad. More of a reason for me to look forward to leaving though. Onwards and upwards
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@wirestyle22 You only ever realize how people are when they find out they don't have to deal with you any more.
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@scottalanmiller and @Minion-Queen My unread icon is now doing the same thing as reported this morning.
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@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller and @Minion-Queen My unread icon is now doing the same thing as reported this morning.
Same here on Chrome. I was wondering what was going on.
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@DustinB3403 These people have the worst sense of entitlement I have ever seen. They are getting all up in arms because they don't want a cable on the ground that no one can ever trip over and isn't even noticeable unless you are obsessive compulsive. I am buried in work because it's my last week but no please. Let me stop what I'm doing to drive 30 minutes out to your site to plug in an Ethernet cable.
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I might need to just restart the server. Maybe something weird has happened.
